Emirati youth break Guinness record with aluminum can model

ABU DHABI: A group of Emirati youths has made a model of Abu Dhabi’s historic Al-Maqta Fort using empty aluminum cans, breaking the previous Guinness record made by Japanese earlier in the year. To enter their sculpture into the Guinness World Records, 30 trainees working at Mubadala and Dubal-owned smelter Emirates Aluminium (Emal) in Taweelah, used 46,566 empty cans — against 35,679 cans used by Japanese in September — to make their real-sized sculpture.
They spent 50.5 hours to build the sculpture. The cans were produced from the Aluminum smeltered at Emal in Abu Dhabi. The record breaking model, built on the beaches of Emal plant in Taweelah near Dubai, is 5.67 meters tall, with a base diameter of 3.99 meters and top diameter of 2.06 meters.
Eisa Al-Falasi, who was a member of the team that built the model, said their project started earlier this year, with a plan to use 25,000 cans only. “But, we had to change our plans in September when we came to know that Japanese used 35,679 cans.” “The model is 1/3rd of the actual size of the fort,” Al-Falasi said.
Hundreds of family members of Emal staff, who were present on the occasion, cheered the team with excitement when the officials from the Guinness World Records announced the successful entry of the record.